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George Jackson: Dragon Philosopher and Revolutionary Abolitionist

August 21, 2018August 27, 2018 Joy James Political Prisoners, Prison Abolition, prisons

International Revolutionary Struggle “People who come out of prison can build up a country. Misfortune is a test of people’s

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Revolution and Repression: A Framework for African American History

August 21, 2018August 27, 2018 Brandon Byrd

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Teenage Feminism Decades Before “Girl Power”

August 17, 2018August 27, 2018 Kera Lovell black feminism, student activism

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More Than a Song: Giving Aretha a Little R-E-S-P-E-C-T

August 16, 2018August 27, 2018 Crystal R. Sanders Memphis, music, social justice

No matter whether one came of age in the sixties, the seventies, the eighties, or even the nineties, Aretha Franklin

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Student Activism and the Mississippi Freedom Struggle

August 15, 2018August 27, 2018 Jon Hale civil rights, criminal justice system, law, racism, segregation, South, student activism

*Editor’s Note: This week we are publishing some of our favorite BP articles. We continue with this essay by historian Jon Hale as

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